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Don’t the expensive (over $100) controllers that PlayStation and Xbox offer have paddle controls on the back? I think they are Elite and Edge controllers.

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als@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I have an aftermarket controller with back paddles (8bitdo pro) but they can only be bound to other existing controls or macros which I don’t find useful at all 😔

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- princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  The Pro 2 can have those mapped to any control in D-input mode. It’s fully Steam Input compatible.
  
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noxypaws@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Only two and they don’t function as additional buttons sadly

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- paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Ah I see. Interesting! I always assumed the steam deck was just providing what high end console controllers were standardizing back there.
  
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  - noxypaws@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Nope! Both the Xbox Elite and Dualsense Edge controllers don’t add new buttons, they just add buttons that can only be copies of the regular Xbox/Playstation buttons.
    
    Steam Deck does it better since the four back buttons can be used as completely independent buttons.
    
    I’ve heard that the 8BitDo Ultimate 2 controller also can use its extra buttons as net new buttons, and I’ve been tempted to get one for that reason (and because I really liked the Ultimate “1” I had before my dog chewed it up!)
    
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